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trey85stang
12-02-2003, 08:18 PM
Im trying to make a shortcut to Neverwinter Nights, but can make a shortcut..

I thought the command to make a shortcut is this..

[trey@mandrake trey]$ su
Password:
[root@mandrake trey]# ln -S /home/games/nwn/nwn /bin/nwn
ln: accessing `/bin/nwn': No such file or directory
[root@mandrake trey]#

but i get this error? what am i doing wrong??

btw// the nwn start up file is a shell script.. that has to be launched in the nwn directory :confused: any idea how to make this work?
evilmonk
12-02-2003, 09:00 PM
try lowercase s: ln -s
trey85stang
12-02-2003, 09:52 PM
sweet.. that made the shortcut.. but it doesnt launch...
trey85stang
12-02-2003, 09:55 PM
got it to work.. edited the script and had it cd to the directory it was installed in.. works now!

thanks
trey
xtremcoder
12-02-2003, 09:55 PM
right click - send to - desktop (create shortcut)

that should solve your problem :p
HiTechRedneck
12-02-2003, 10:14 PM
Shortcut? Oh God! NO NO NO. Its a Symbolic Link ! You must smack you head on your keyboard 10 times and then shout at the top you your lungs Bill Gates is a BITCH! ;)
trey85stang
12-03-2003, 04:15 PM
sym links rock :)
NeoRaZor
12-04-2003, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by xtremcoder
right click - send to - desktop (create shortcut)

that should solve your problem :p


LOL! :eek: M$! May your keyboard burst into flames!

He's runnning a man's OS Linux! :D
trey85stang
12-04-2003, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by NeoRaZor
He's runnning a man's OS Linux! :D